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November 08, 2006
Windows feeling slow? Again?
I was recently working on several clients' machines. One was a Windows NT 4 Workstation, corporate managed. Response was amazingly good. Another was a SOHO Dell PC with a CRT screen (gives you the idea of how old that would be). Ran well as well even though the kid(s) had installed Kazaa and some AOL dialup was startup although this was a machine on broadband. Again quite good performance considering there was junk there that should be removed (except that the uninstall programs were broken of course).
But once in a while, back in for Bleeding Edge Forum, we get cries for help because peoples' machines have begun to slow down. Probably because Forum members might be tinkerers who may knowingly try out every program on the net (just kidding) or who may not know what goes with with.
I was interested to see this blog entry on What Really Slows Windows Down and some statistics. You might be interested.
Posted by Anandasim at November 8, 2006 10:52 AM
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Actually, in that vein, I'm keen to hear what methods are considered best to manage startup programmes. I use a 3rd party tool app with a startup manager mainly for ease of use. MS configuration utility would seem sensible but for the "selective startup" reminder.
There's prefetch and temp folder management and ample diddlie dee for housekeeping but managing s'up entries alone is a tad annoying.
What was that startup management site with the smilie face icon?? Thought it was a Nielson creation...?
Not surprised to see NAV06 up there. Only upgraded for the Spyware function, which 'aint so much as found a cookie.
Anyone been astonished with SW Doc? Like a binary Ninja raid on your desktop access. There's so much monitor loading, immunising and Active X rendition prior to killing off [most of it aimed at IE, which I avoid like water on a keyboard].
Here's some other interesting boot specific sites:
IntelliAdmin:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/why-windows-takes-so-long-to-start-up.html
Associated Content:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/70581/shorten_windows_boot_time_tips.html
PC Mag:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200211/ai_ziff31863
Terry;
http://www.terryscomputertips.com/computers/slow-windows-xp-boot.php
WIKI;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_Startup_Process
Forum;
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=235571
Thanks for pointing that site out An'.
Posted by: Paul at November 9, 2006 08:07 AM